Vermont College MFA in Writing for Kids and Teens
I have graduated, hallelujah! Several students have told me they stumbled on to this blog and found the info useful. To make it easier for people to trace my path through this program, I put all the related links here, in chronological order.
Acceptance and anticipation (fall 2005)
It begins: Residency 1, January 2006
- Leaving on a jet plane
- Arrival and orientation
- Shopping for an advisor
- Visiting writer K.L. Going
- Yes, but is it literature?
- First workshop
- Originality in non-fiction
- Reading in public
- What to work on first term
- Grad lecture: Demystifying the mystery novel
- Emotion and revision: How to get to the emotional core
- Choosing an advisor
- First-term advisor
- The writer's stage: Converting acting techniques to the page
- No more bloopers: How to edit like a professional
- Vermont weather
- The food at Vermont College
- Honoring the real world
- Having my piece workshopped
- Study plan
- Working on the first packet
- First packet sent
- Waiting and waiting and waiting
- Feedback on first packet
- What to read
- Dust is getting thick around here
- Stress
- Writing scholarship
- Home stretch
- First semester is done
- Meeting Katherine Paterson
- Katherine Paterson reading
- Critical writing in the MFA
- Playing with poetry
- Playing hookie
- God is in the details
- The two-cookies-a-day diet
- Two-mile race
- Advisor lottery
- Figuring out a semester plan
- Two-mile race results
- Photos from July residency
- Rita and me
- When to submit to an editor
- Semester two at Vermont College
- How to write a picture book--a guide for the already rich and famous
Semester 3, Spring 2007
Residency 4, July 2007
Semester 4, Fall 2007
- 4th and final semester
- Novel outlining
- Bloody, sweaty packet 2
- Packet 2 response
- Semester 4 winds down
- Countdown to last residency at Vermont College
- Prep for last residency--done!
posted by Michele Regenold @ 9:21 AM
6 Comments:
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can't wait to finish reading all this. I'm trying to decide between the New School program and Vermont (in about a week). So this is great. And congratulations on graduating!
-- margaret
Margaret, good luck with your next steps!
Congrats on graduation! I'm an author of 20 books for kids (www.lindaoatmanhigh.com), and I'm making the leap to Vermont's MFA program with my first residency being this July. I enjoyed reading your posts. A few questions: Could you sleep well in the dorms, or were they noisy? Are meals extra, or is that included in tuition? I too have applied for financial aid, which scares the heck out of me!
Thanks for your info.
Best,
Linda Oatman High
Hey, Michele! My first residency begins in 18 days, and I'm starting to think about packing. Are most lectures/classes held in air conditioning? Do students take anything dressy or business, or mostly just jeans, shorts, etc? Also, I'm a first-thing-in-the-morning-coffee-drinker. Is the cafeteria far from the dorms? Should I pack a small coffeepot? Another question: Did you take clothes hangers? How about a fan?
Thanks SO MUCH!!
Best,
Linda Oatman High
www.lindaoatmanhigh.com
Responses to Linda's questions
1. Are most lectures/classes held in air conditioning?
Yes, the 2 main rooms where lectures are held have noisy window air conditioners, which are often turned off during lectures so everyone can hear. Smaller rooms where some workshops are held can get toasty.
2. Do students take anything dressy or business, or mostly just jeans, shorts, etc?
It's good to have one slightly dressier outfit for attending the graduation ceremony and for going out for dinner now and then. Otherwise it's very casual dress.
3. Also, I'm a first-thing-in-the-morning-coffee-drinker. Is the cafeteria far from the dorms? Should I pack a small coffeepot?
Assuming you're staying in Dewey Hall, the cafeteria is in the same building, but coffee isn't available until they open for breakfast. So you might want to bring your own coffeepot.
4. Another question: Did you take clothes hangers?
No, there were always enough for my purposes in the room, but you can probably ask for more if needed.
5. How about a fan?
Highly recommended if for no other reason than white noise. Dorms don't have AC. You can always buy one when you get there. Someone with a car will make a run to Wal-Mart.
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